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Re: Apple rejects developer's horoscope app, says App Store has enough

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Post by sebow »

And if the idea is unique, you still get rejected until Apple makes a clone of your app and waits until it takes the first place before letting you on their store.

I don't mean to sound offensive here but how much longer will devs who want to publish for google/apple stores persist with these mainstream options? Android has at least F-Droid, and a quick search for apple gave me ioshaven/appvaley[i have no idea about these 2 so take them as risky].

At some point people should either start looking for alternatives or start making them.Obviously short-term they don't have the "potential" of a big store, but at the same time the probability of making it big on the store as an indie(or even as a medium team) is getting smaller by the month.Pity is on limited supply when we've seen over and over again the intent from the owners of these stores.

Re: Apple rejects developer's horoscope app, says App Store has enough

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Post by postalrat »

zepto wrote: post #10
paulryanrogers wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Creates a race to get in first, even if a mediocre effort. Unless one can get in solely by being somehow higher quality than the other offerings. Unless I'm missing something it feels heavy handed and less likely to produce a competitive market.

What’s the point in adding more products if they are neither unique nor higher quality?

Is this an example of an app that isn't unique or high quality?

Re: Apple rejects developer's horoscope app, says App Store has enough

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Post by zarzavat »

wirthjason wrote: post #3

> We will reject these apps unless they provide a unique, high-quality experience. It makes sense. If there’s a crowded market but you’re good and unique they will let you in. Feels fair to me. I looked around for the site thinking there might a web version. Can’t find anything. All the top hits just return articles about the App Store rejection. I feel Apple made the right choice.

Who decides if you are unique enough? Some random, overworked, App Store reviewer who is just following a checklist.

Re: Apple rejects developer's horoscope app, says App Store has enough

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Post by wirthjason »

paulryanrogers wrote: post #7
wirthjason wrote: post #3

> We will reject these apps unless they provide a unique, high-quality experience. It makes sense. If there’s a crowded market but you’re good and unique they will let you in. Feels fair to me. I looked around for the site thinking there might a web version. Can’t find anything. All the top hits just return articles about the App Store rejection. I feel Apple made the right choice.

Creates a race to get in first, even if a mediocre effort. Unless one can get in solely by being somehow higher quality than the other offerings. Unless I'm missing something it feels heavy handed and less likely to produce a competitive market.

There’s an old fable that the abstract painter Jackson Pollock would sit in art museums and watch people view his art. One day a man sat staring for a long time. After a while Jackson was curious what the man was thinking so he got up and approached the man and asked his thoughts. The man replied, “I don’t know why this is hanging in a museum, I could have made that.” Jackson replied, “yes, your right, you could have done that, but I did it first. “

Re: Apple rejects developer's horoscope app, says App Store has enough

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Post by mirekrusin »

postalrat wrote: post #12
zepto wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What’s the point in adding more products if they are neither unique nor higher quality?

Is this an example of an app that isn't unique or high quality?

He should do webapp to penetrate market on all fronts, for fart-humour horoscope the sky is the limit.

Re: Apple rejects developer's horoscope app, says App Store has enough

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Post by TedDoesntTalk »

afurculita wrote: post #15

On Apple's side on this.

The issue is the developer cannot put his app on another App Store for iPhone users. He should still be able to offer this app to iPhone users, but not on apple’s App Store if they so choose.
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